The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-22
The standing of the League clubs I'D to date
Team Batting Averages.
Baseball Notes

Morrison, the out-fielder of the Metropolitan
club has been released He will go to the New
Orleans club.
The Metropolitan player Hall bought his own
release from the club. He said that he did not
want to be on the substitute list
Moolic, of the Boston Blues, but last season
with Chicago, made three home runs in success
sive innings in q game recently, feat without
parallel in base ball
Nelson, of the Nets has been playing profess
sional ball since 1868. and knows how to do it
vet. He is shining example of the benefit of
total abstinence and good hours.
It is probable that all the Southern League
games which Memphis won with Kappell in the
team will be thrown out, because the loan of that
player by Cincinnati was illegal.
The New Yorks have at last secured a runner.
of deer. On single hit Friday he made
two bases and scored on ano.osr single.
Viau, the st. Paul pitcher who within
ace Of defeating the Detrots this spring, is a
graduate of Dartmouth College. The game he
pitched against the Detroits was his second pro-
fessional contest.
Pittsburg Dispatch: base ball authority says
he has it from the highest authority that Denny
and Glasscock will play with the Browns next
If they do. it will be because the ANAL
gamation scheme comes to a head.
Kuehne of the Pittsburgs joined the team in
New York. Smith is badly hurt, and Whitney
has been injured. that he will probably have
to be given rest, and there will be plenty of
work for Kuehne to do.
Helen Dauvray. the actress has given Tiffany
& Co. an order for a five-hundred- dollar silver
cup of the Grecian loving cup design, and will
give it to the winner of series of games be-
tween the American Association aud League
pennant winners.
Umpire Wilson makes pitchers split the plate
in half. Men who work the corners have
with him. He squeezed Casey Tuesday, and
once gave Richardson his base on balls when
Richardson should have been declared out
strikes. Detroit made ten runs off this decision.
Nearly all the heavy batters in the League
strike at the ball left handed, while the reverse
is the case with the American Association. Con-
nors, of the Now orks, and Brouthers, Thomp-
son and White of the Detrolts are all left hand
ed nltters. while Jones. of the Cincinnati team,
Browning. of the Louisvilles. Stovey, of the Ath-
letcs Orr. of the Nets and ONeil and Fonts. OF
the St Louis Browns, all right handed hit
ters. Caruthers is the really only hard left
handed batter in the Association.
President Day. of the New Yorks, in defend
ing the retention of Ewing at second base and
the release of Gerhardt, says: Ewing is trying
and trying hard to guard second bag. but due
allowance should be made for the fact that tho
position is him. I have great faith in
him, and believe that with few more days
practice he will equal Dunlap at his best In
fact, believe he will eventually be the greatest
second baseman in the League Ewine's great
est fault is his lack of confidence o. as 1 have
heard it expressed. lack of heart and this trait
was especially noticeable in his play behind the
bat"
New York Clipper: Bufinton is no man for
center field, and proved that his only value to
the club is pitcher. It very funny, too,
to see Buff discomnt the New Yorks so thorough
~ last Saturday after they had found him SO
easily while in Boston. And yet this man, with
Cunning, was sold for song Indianapolis could
have had him for as little as they paid for Larry
Corcoran. What in the world were those people
thinking abouta low Bufinton would have
strengthened that club. No doubt Arson feels
sorry that he did not make bid for Bufinton.
Buff. is good hitter. too, and can cover first
base in emergency. And now Indianapolis is
bowling for PLAYERS. Why. they could have had